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Radar girls [sound recording] / by Ackerman, Sara,author.(CARDINAL)417624; Campbell, Cassandra,narrator.(CARDINAL)347921;
Performed by Cassandra Campbell.In the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. But not everyone thinks the women are up to the job. With America's future on the line, Daisy is determined to prove herself worthy. And with the man she's falling for out on the front lines, she cannot fail.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; World War, 1939-1945; Radar operators; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Operation Biting : the 1942 parachute assault to capture Hitler's radar / by Hastings, Max,author.(CARDINAL)141562;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-343) and index.Reg -- Dickie -- Boy -- Rémy. 1 'The most extraordinary secret agent I ever met'; 2. Bruneval -- Johnny. C Company; Tilshead and Inveraray -- Charlie -- 'Party' planning. 'Pick'; The enemy -- The jump -- Henry -- Junior -- Cook -- The prizegiving. Celebrations; The wheel of fortune."Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British special forces raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr R.V. Jones proposed an assault to capture key components. The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy. Amid heavy snow 120 men landed, some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective. They nonetheless launched the assault, dismantled the German radar, and after three nail-biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time by landing-craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth. Taking us from the War Room to boots-on-the-ground action, and recounted in Hastings's signature bestselling style, Operation Biting tells a story that has become almost forgotten yet deserves to rank among the epic tales of courage and daring that took place in the greatest conflict in history."--
Subjects: Bruneval Raid, Bruneval, France, 1942.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Our last letter / by Trenow, Liz,author.;
1936: The dark clouds of war are gathering across Europe and the brightest minds in Britain have been brought together in a grand manor on the Suffolk coast. These select few have been tasked by Churchill to develop, in utmost secrecy, an invention that will help win the war and alter the course of history. In this tense atmosphere, an unlikely friendship develops between Vic, a brilliant but shy physicist, and Kathleen, a cheerful local girl helping her mother in the kitchens. Following the news that her brother intends to join the RAF, Kath yearns to do her bit for the war effort. So when Vic tells her they are recruiting women to operate his top secret system, she makes a choice that will change her life forever. As war is declared, the manor finds itself on the front line of a ferocious battle being fought in the skies as waves of German bombers set their sights on Britain. With the ever-present threat above them, Vic fights to solve problems that threaten to endanger the country, and Kath is forced to make a desperate, life-or-death decision . . .
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; War fiction.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Manors; Physicists; Radar operators; Radar; Secrecy; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Finish forty and home : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / by Scearce, Phil,1962-(CARDINAL)596159;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.Introduction -- Sergeant at seventeen -- Hawaii -- First mission -- Nauru -- Air raid -- Chance -- May 1943 -- The squadron's objectives -- The Pacific preferred -- Softening Tarawa -- Forever consequences -- Losing altitude fast -- Back to Hawaii -- Last flights -- Ask the man who owns one -- The meaning of boxes -- Guam -- Back in business -- Halfway to forty -- January 1945 -- Endings for some -- Epilogue.The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
Subjects: Biographies.; Scearce, Herman, 1925-; United States. Army; Soldiers; Radio operators; Radar operators; B-24 (Bomber); World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Piranha / by Cussler, Clive.(CARDINAL)340262; Morrison, Boyd,1967-(CARDINAL)348205;
In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand -- and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist's legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon -- but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move. They discover that a traitorous American weapons designer has completed the German scientist's work, and now wields extraordinary power, sending the Oregon on a race against time to stop an attack that could lead to one man ruling over the largest empire the world has ever known.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cabrillo, Juan (Fictitious character); Attempted assassination; Surveillance radar; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Piranha [audio-enabled device] by Cussler, Clive(CARDINAL)340262; Morrison, Boyd,1967-(CARDINAL)348205;
Includes one media player and one AAA battery required for listening.Read by Scott Brick.During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon. But when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Audiobooks.; Suspense fiction.; Attempted assassination; Cabrillo, Juan (Fictitious character); Surveillance radar; Traitors; Undercover operations; Weapons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Churchill's shadow raiders : the race to develop radar, WWII's invisible secret weapon / by Lewis, Damien,author.(CARDINAL)341643;
In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre. The mysterious device--a "Wurzburg Dish"--appeared to be a new form of radar technology: ultra-compact, highly precise, and pointed directly across the English Channel. Britain's experts found it hard to believe the Germans had mastered such groundbreaking technology. But one young technician thought it not only possible, he convinced Winston Churchill that the dish posed a unique and deadly threat to Allied forces, one that required desperate measures--and drastic action . . .So was launched Operation Biting, a mission like no other. An extraordinary "snatch-and-grab" raid on Germany's secret radar installation, it offered Churchill's elite airborne force, the Special Air Service, a rare opportunity to redeem themselves after a previous failed mission--and to shift the tides of war forever. Led by the legendary Major John Frost, these brave paratroopers would risk all in a daring airborne assault, with only a small stretch of beach menaced by enemy guns as their exit point. With the help of a volunteer radar technician who knew how to dismantle the dish, as well as the courageous men and women of the French Resistance, they succeeded against all odds in their act of brazen robbery. Some would die. Others would be captured. All fought with resolute bravery . . .This is the story of that fateful night of February 27, 1942. A brilliantly told, thrillingly tense account of Churchill's raiders in their finest hour, this is World War II history at its heart-stopping best.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Radar transmitters.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Radar and the raft : a true story about a scientific marvel, the lives it saved, and the world it changed / by Lantos, Jeff,author.(CARDINAL)876333;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-181) and index."Follow two storylines-one about the scientific discoveries that led to the creation of radar, the other about people stranded on a raft in WWII-that come together when radar finds the raft"--Grades 4-6Ages 10 and up
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Radar; West Lashaway (Cargo ship); Bell family; Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival; Search and rescue operations; World War, 1939-1945; Bell family.; West Lashaway (Cargo ship); World War, 1939-1945.; Radar; Shipwrecks.; Shipwreck survival.; Search and rescue operations; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Radar; Naufrages; Survie après naufrages; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; HISTORY / World.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Below the radar / by Ridenour, Dana,author.(CARDINAL)797032;
Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Missing persons; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blackett's war / by Budiansky, Stephen.(CARDINAL)330675;
Includes bibliographical references and index.An unconventional weapon -- Cruelty and squalor -- Cambridge -- Defiance and defeatism -- Remedial education -- Blackett's Circus -- The real war -- Baker's dozen -- Closing the gaps -- A very scientific victory -- Political science.Documents the story of a small group of scientists who applied intellectual strategies to battle techniques and revolutionized the process of waging wars, citing the contributions of future Nobel winner Patrick Blackett.
Subjects: Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.; Anti-submarine warfare; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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